Strategic Trends

The Strategic Trends series offers a concise analysis of major developments in world affairs, with a primary focus on international security. The annual volumes provide succinct interpretations of key trends and contain numerous graphics. Strategic Trends is published in English.

Lessons from the Middle East’s Unfinished War

Lessons from the Middle East’s Unfinished War

Author(s): Michael Singh
Editor(s): Gorana Grgić, Daniel Möckli
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2025

Strategic Trends 2023

Strategic Trends 2023

Author(s): Brian G. Carlson, Sophie-Charlotte   Fischer, Névine Schepers, Boas Lieberherr
Editor(s): Brian G. Carlson, Oliver Thränert
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2023

Silicon Curtain: America’s Quest for Allied Export Controls against China

Silicon Curtain: America’s Quest for Allied Export Controls against China

Author(s): Sophie-Charlotte Fischer
Editor(s): Brian G. Carlson, Oliver Thränert
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2023

Alliances and Extended Nuclear Deterrence in Europe and Asia

Alliances and Extended Nuclear Deterrence in Europe and Asia

Author(s): Névine Schepers
Editor(s): Brian G. Carlson, Oliver Thränert
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2023

How India Navigates a World in Transition

How India Navigates a World in Transition

Author(s): Boas Lieberherr
Editor(s): Brian G. Carlson, Oliver Thränert
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2023

China, Russia, and the Future of World Order

China, Russia, and the Future of World Order

Author(s): Brian G. Carlson
Editor(s): Brian G. Carlson, Oliver Thränert
Series: Strategic Trends
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2023

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